Had a fairly successful housewarming party/barbecue last night, with a couple dozen guests filling my new apartment to capacity. I’d say the only problem was the quantity of food… In true engineering style, I bought food in anticipation of the “worst-case scenario”: more people than expected would show up and there wouldn’t be enough food to go around. As that would be a fairly unacceptable (or at least embarrassing) situation, I bought and prepared enough food to ensure that wouldn’t happen. As a result, for the first time in as long as I can remember (at least three years), I have a fridge filled to capacity with leftovers—no cafeteria food for me this week.